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Saṇṭhāna，（nt．） [fr．saṁ+sthā] 1．configuration，position； composition，nature，shape，form Vin．II，76； M．I，120 （spelt °nth°）； A．I，50； IV，190 （C．osakkana）； Miln．270，316，405； J．I，71，291，368； II，108； Vism．184，225，243； DhsA．321； DA．I，88 （nth）； SnA 464 （=linga）．su° well formed Sn．28．-- adj．（-°） having the appearance of megha-vaṇṇa° PvA．251； chavi° appearance of the skin J．I，489； vaṇṇa° outward semblance Nett 27； J．I，271； sarīra° the （material） body Vism．193．-- 2．fuel J．II，330 =IV．471．-- 3．（usually spelt °nth°） a resting place，meeting place，public place （market） （cp．Sk．sansthāna in this meaning）．At S．I，201 in phrase nadī-tīresu saṇṭhāne sabhāsu rathiyāsu （i．e．at all public places）．S．I，201 reads saṇṭhāne （v．l．santhāne）； cp．K．S．I．256 from C．：“a resting place （vissamana-ṭṭhāne） near the city gate，when market-wares had been brought down，” trsln “resting by the gates．” This stanza is quoted at SnA 20，where the ed．prefers reading panthāne as correct reading （v．l．saṇṭhāne）．At M．I，481 （°nth°）= S．II，28 （2 fr．b．），it seems to be used in the sense of “end，stopping，cessation”=A．IV，190 （the editions of S and A have saṇṭhāna）．At J．VI，113 it is translated by “market place，” the comp．saṇṭhāna-gata being explained by the Comm．by saṇṭhāna-mariyādaṁ gatā，but at J．VI，360 saṇṭhāna-gata is by the English translator translated “a wealthy man” （vinicchaye ṭhito，Com．），which，however，ought to be “in the court house” （cp．vinicchaya-ṭṭhāna），i．e．publicly．In both places there is also v．l．santhāna-°．（Page 671）